Unplugging the card makes the computer freeze. I tried putting the line about tuner-xc2038 in /etc/modules, but that didn't make a difference. Would it help to reinstall i2c and how do I go about doing so? Thanks, Tom ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:14:56 -0500 > Subject: Re: HVR-1500 tuner seems to be recognized, but wont turn on. > From: devin.heitmueller@xxxxxxxxx > To: nickotym@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 2009/2/17 Thomas Nicolai : >> >> Here is the pertinent part of the dmesg I got tonight: >> >> dmesg >> >> 407.155095] firmware: requesting xc3028-v27.fw >> [ 407.248329] xc2028 1-0061: Loading 80 firmware images from xc3028-v27.fw, type: xc2028 firmware, ver 2.7 >> [ 407.447731] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=BASE (1), id 0000000000000000. >> [ 407.970376] xc2028 1-0061: i2c output error: rc = -5 (should be 4) >> [ 407.970385] xc2028 1-0061: -5 returned from send >> [ 407.970390] xc2028 1-0061: Error -22 while loading base firmware >> [ 408.222453] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=BASE (1), id 0000000000000000. >> [ 408.744786] xc2028 1-0061: i2c output error: rc = -5 (should be 4) >> [ 408.744791] xc2028 1-0061: -5 returned from send >> [ 408.744793] xc2028 1-0061: Error -22 while loading base firmware >> [ 409.945750] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=BASE (1), id 0000000000000000. >> [ 411.102083] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=D2633 DTV6 ATSC (10030), id 0000000000000000. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >>> From: nickotym@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> To: devin.heitmueller@xxxxxxxxx >>> CC: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: RE: HVR-1500 tuner seems to be recognized, but wont turn on. >>> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:05:09 -0600 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> That looks really suspicious. Perhaps the xc3028 tuner is being put >>>> to sleep and not being woken up properly. >>>> >>>> Could you please post the full dmesg output showing the initialization >>>> of the device? >>>> >>>> Devin >>> >>> >>> I turned kubuntu on, shut off the backend for mythtv and then did a scan using dvbscan. >>> >>> Here is the full dmesg output, sorry it is long I wanted to include it all in case i missed anything.: >>> >>> >>> dmesg >>> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. >> http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_022009 >> > > Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. > > I don't claim to know much about this card, but there was a relatively > recent change where the tuner gets put to sleep, which might explain > why you are having i2c communication failures. > > Try the following: > > > make unload > modprobe tuner-xc2028 no_poweroff=1 debug=1 > > > > If that doesn't work, send the dmesg output. > > Devin > > -- > Devin J. Heitmueller > http://www.devinheitmueller.com > AIM: devinheitmueller _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html